Clark robinson



O. ROBINSON.

INSIDE BLIND.

(No Model.)

No. 396,115. Patented Jan. 15, 1889.

H l I I I Q/ZZL'J 9% UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARK ROBINSON, OF HARTLEY, IOIVA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO MOSES JYOUNG, OF SAME PLACE.

INSIDE BLlND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,115, dated January15, 1889.

Application filed August 13, 1883. Serial No. 282,617. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARK ROBINSON, of Hartley, in the county of OBrienand State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inInside Blinds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of inside blinds; and itconsists in the combination, with a sheet of flexible textile or othersuitable material, of slats applied to both faces of the sheet, theslats on one face being directly opposite those on the other-face.

The drawing is a sectional perspective view illustrating my invention.

In the construction of inside blinds according to this invention I takea sheet, A, of some suitable flexible material that is strong and willnot readily tear-such as paper and textile goodsand preferably of awidth corresponding to the width of the blinds to be made, and apply toboth faces thereof the slats B. The manner of securing the slats inposition upon the sheet is a matter that may be varied considerably; butI prefer to use a cement or adhesive substance, which does not disfigurethe slats, as would tacks or similar fastenings, The slats are appliedto the faces of the sheet, and preferably pressed in any suitablemanner, so as to insure their adhesion to the flexible materialthroughout their entire length. The slats 011 each face are arrangedparallel to but separated from one another, so as to permit the blind tofold up compactly without stretching or tearing the flexible sheet. Ifdesired, the sheet A may be impregnated with a fire-proof compo sition,or made of a lire-proof material, such as asbestns.

The blind herein described and shown is cheap and simple inconstruction, and folds readily, and is found to wear well.

The slats will ad visably, though not neces sarily, be made of wood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. As an improvedarticle of manufacture, the material herein described, comprising aflexible sheet and slats applied to opposite faces thereof, said slatsbeing separated from one another a sufficient distance to permit theirfolding one upon the other.

In combination with the flexible sheet, the slats applied to both facesthereof directly opposite each other, those on the same face of theflexible sheet being separated from each other, substantially as shown,whereby the fabric may be folded upon itself.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

CLARK ROBINSON.

\Vitnesses:

G. W. DRYBREAD, W. J. LoRsHBoUeH.

